Virginia Tech gunman sent package to NBC
{{date|April 18, 2007}}
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[[Image:NBC Tower, Chicago.jpg|left|180px|thumb|NBC headquarters in New York, New York.]] According to police, [[w:Cho Seung-hui|Cho Seung-hui]], the gunman who killed 33 people including himself on Monday at [[w:Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University|Virginia Tech.]], sent a package containing pictures and video to [[w:NBC|NBC]], in between the first and second shootings at the campus. The package was timestamped by the [[w:United States Postal Service|United States Postal Service]] at 9:01 a.m., just under 30 minutes before the second shooting.

"This may be a very new, critical component of this investigation. We're in the process right now of attempting to analyze and evaluate its worth," said superintendent of [[w:Virginia State Police|Virginia State Police]] Colonel Steve Flaherty.

The package, which contained a [[w:DVD|DVD]], allegedly contained "rants against rich people" and "warns that he wants to get even".

"[The package contained a] rambling, manifesto-like statement embedded with a series of photographs" and the material was "hard-to-follow ... disturbing, very disturbing — very angry, profanity-laced," said [[w:Steve Capus|Steve Capus]], the president of ''[[w:NBC News|NBC News]]''.

At least 23 videos are reported to be inside the package, in a [[w:QuickTime|QuickTime]] format, where Cho speaks about religion and how he hates rich people. No specific names were mentioned in the video. The pictures of Cho show him holding both guns believed to have been used in the shootings, and in some cases he is leaning against a white wall. There are also pictures of him showing hollowed out bullets and holding a knife. It is not known where the pictures or videos were taken.

No images of the either of the two shootings were inside the package, but it did include "vague references" to the shootings and asserted that "things like this didn’t have to happen," added Capus, who also said that the package had an incorrect address and [[w:ZIP code|ZIP code]].

All of the material that Cho sent to ''NBC'' was immediately handed over to the [[w:FBI|FBI]] by ''NBC'' security guards wearing gloves for further analysis.

''NBC'' plans to air some of the material on ''[[w:NBC Nightly News|NBC Nightly News]]'' on Friday. However, the video is also being discussed on NBC's 24-hour news channel, [[w:MSNBC|MSNBC]].

==Related News==
*{{wikinews|title=Virginia Tech shooter identified, witness reports emerge|date=April 17, 2007}}
*{{wikinews|title=33 dead, 15 injured in Virginia Tech shootings|date=April 16, 2007}}

==Sources==
*{{source|url=http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/18169776/
|title=Gunman sent package to NBC News
|author=Alex Johnson
|pub=MSNBC
|date=April 18, 2007}}
*{{source|url=http://ca.today.reuters.com/news/newsArticle.aspx?type=topNews&storyID=2007-04-18T213210Z_01_N16311336_RTRIDST_0_NEWS-USA-CRIME-SHOOTING-COL.XML
|title=Student gunman sent "disturbing" mail to NBC
|author=Andrea Hopkins & Patricia Zengerle
|pub=Reuters
|date=April 18, 2007}}
*{{source|url=http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070418/ap_on_re_us/virginia_tech_shooting
|title=Va. gunman sent material to NBC
|author=Matt Apuzzo
|pub=Yahoo News
|date=April 18, 2007}}

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NBC headquarters in New York, New York. According to police, Cho Seung-hui, the gunman who killed 33 people including himself on Monday at Virginia Tech., sent a package containing pictures and video to NBC, in between the first and second shootings at the campus. The package was timestamped by the United States Postal Service at 9:01 a.m., just under 30 minutes before the second shooting.

"This may be a very new, critical component of this investigation. We're in the process right now of attempting to analyze and evaluate its worth," said superintendent of Virginia State Police Colonel Steve Flaherty.

The package, which contained a DVD, allegedly contained "rants against rich people" and "warns that he wants to get even".

"The package contained a rambling, manifesto-like statement embedded with a series of photographs" and the material was "hard-to-follow ... disturbing, very disturbing — very angry, profanity-laced," said Steve Capus, the president of NBC News.

At least 23 videos are reported to be inside the package, in a QuickTime format, where Cho speaks about religion and how he hates rich people. No specific names were mentioned in the video. The pictures of Cho show him holding both guns believed to have been used in the shootings, and in some cases he is leaning against a white wall. There are also pictures of him showing hollowed out bullets and holding a knife. It is not known where the pictures or videos were taken.

No images of the either of the two shootings were inside the package, but it did include "vague references" to the shootings and asserted that "things like this didn’t have to happen," added Capus, who also said that the package had an incorrect address and ZIP code.

All of the material that Cho sent to NBC was immediately handed over to the FBI by NBC security guards wearing gloves for further analysis.

NBC plans to air some of the material on NBC Nightly News on Friday. However, the video is also being discussed on NBC's 24-hour news channel, MSNBC.
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